The 50 Most Inspirational Quotes for Teachers

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Last updated: 03/6/15

Learning is fundamental. Where would you be without all of the great teachers who spent time helping you learn about yourself and the world?

Here we have 50 of the greatest quotes about teachers, learning, and education. All of these quotes were hand picked by the social media team at Donor’s Choose, and shared with their followers over the past four years. If you like great quotes and great causes, consider following their Facebook page.

Do you know the secret of the true scholar? In every man there is something wherein I may learn of him; and in that I am his pupil.Ralph Waldo Emerson

When you learn, teach. When you get, give.Maya Angelou

I am not a teacher, but an awakener.Robert Frost

Don’t just teach your kids to read, teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything!George Carlin

A child mis-educated is a child lost.John F. Kennedy

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.Mahatma Gandhi

What we learn with pleasure we never forget.Alfred Mercier

The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.B.B. King

Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacherJapanese Proverb

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.Albert Einstein

The hardest thing to teach is how to care.Unknown

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.Nelson Mandela

Laughter is timeless. Imagination has no age. And dreams are forever.Walt Disney

Each of us has a fire in our hearts for something. It’s our goal in life to find it and keep it lit.Mary Lou Retton

Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.Veronica A. Shoffstall

The more that you read, the more things you will know, the more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.Dr. Seuss

You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity he will continue the learning process as long as he lives.Clay P. Bedford

Around here, we don’t look backwards for very long… We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things because we’re curious… and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.Walt Disney

Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time.Chinese Proverb

Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn. Benjamin Franklin

Once you have learned to ask questions – relevant and appropriate and substantial questions – you have learned how to learn and no one can keep you from learning whatever you want or need to know.Neil Postman and Charles Weingartner